Question

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) contains (i) reverse transcriptase

(ii) DNA

(iii) double-stranded RNA

(iv) nuclear mmembrane

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Answer 1

HIV is different in structure from other retroviruses. The HIV virion is ~100 nm in diameter. Its innermost region consists of a cone-shaped core that includes two copies of the (positive sense) ssRNA genome, the enzymes reverse transcriptase, integrase and protease, some minor proteins, and the major core protein.❤